The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently responded to ABA on its citizen petition request specific to the dietary fiber definition as well as announcing its intent to add eight additional fibers for consideration as dietary fiber through future rulemaking.
“ABA appreciates all of the efforts the Agency has put forth to finalize decisions on fiber sources under the new definition,” said Lee Sanders, ABA senior vice president, government relations and public affairs. “Bakers and other food manufacturers can now begin to move forward with labeling updates as part of the Nutrition Facts Label (NFL) revisions final rule compliance efforts.”